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The Yoruba people of Nigeria classify their towns in two ways. Permanent towns with their
own governments are called “ilu”, whereas temporary settlements, set up to support work
in the country are “aba”. Although ilu tend to be larger than aba, the distinction is not one
of size, some aba are large, while declining ilu can be small, but of purpose. There is no
“typical” Yoruba town, but some features are common to most towns.

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A Streetcar Named Desire is a classic of the American theater. Tennessee Williams’ landmark work
was a tour de force in its original stage production in 1947 and continues to resonate with audiences
and readers today despite—or perhaps because of—its simplistic though layered story. A faded
Southern belle, Blanche DuBois, arrives at her sister’s seedy New Orleans apartment where she is
tortured by her brutish brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Blanche puts on airs of class and happiness
throughout the play, though internally she is miserable and haunted by her tragic and scandalous
past. Stanley forces Blanche to face her dolorous reality with his vitriol and, finally, his act of sexual
aggression, and in doing so, he causes her to lose her tenuous grip on sanity. Most have argued
(correctly) that the play is about the ways the past haunts our present or (again correctly) that it is
about the ways class and sexuality impact our lives. However, few have seen the play for what it is:
an allegory for the theater itself.

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Scientists have limited abilities to create durable modifications of chronobiological demands. Recent
therapeutic developments for humans such as artificial light machines and melatonin administration
can reset our circadian rhythms, for example, but our bodies can tell the difference and health
suffers when we breach these natural rhythms for extended periods of time. Plants appear no more
malleable in this respect; studies demonstrate that vegetables grown in season and ripened on the
tree are far higher in essential nutrients than those grown in greenhouses and ripened by laser.